The return of the "Great Zombie Movie"

Rating: Null/10 (25 August 2003)

Thank you. Thank you. Thank you, Danny Boyle. After waiting so long to see House of 1000 Corpses - and hoping it would be the return to the 70's and 80's heyday of the horror movie - and then being so disappointed when it turned out to be an MTV style piece of excrement, I thought it was over for the TRUE horror film.
Although it isn't your traditional "living dead" zombie flik, it has all the right elements - small group of survivors fending off large number of "infected" - and it's atmospheric, stylish and scary (House of 1000 Corpses was none of the above).
The film had homages to Night of the Living Dead, Dawn of the Dead, and Day of the Dead... but at the same time it was totally original. One of my favorite things about the Night, Dawn, Day and other zombie movies of the like is the slow moving zombies stumbling and creeping toward their prey... usually only very threatening in numbers. In this film the zombies don't stumble or creep toward their prey... THEY HAUL ASS. This isn't the first film where zombies have running ability, mind you (think The Return of the Living Dead films, Nightmare City, Zombi 3, Zombie 4... well, it's better not to think of those last two), but the way these zombies attack is so brutal. THEY BEAT THE HELL OUT OF YOU!!!
There are too many great things to say about the film to list and too many great scenes.... the opening scene especially!
In the great zombie movie category this is my top ten list:
1)Dawn of the Dead
2)The Return of the Living Dead
3)Day of the Dead
4)Zombie
5)Dead Alive
6)Return of the Living Dead 3
7)28 Days Later
8)Night of the Living Dead (1968)
9)Night of the Living Dead (1990)
10)Return of the Living Dead Part 2 (yes... I do like Part 2)